{"id":232226,"date":"2025-05-21T18:59:45","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T17:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/?p=232226"},"modified":"2025-05-21T19:00:07","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T18:00:07","slug":"tiktok-names-soundcloud-as-latest-streaming-app-partner-for-add-to-music-app-feature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/tiktok-names-soundcloud-as-latest-streaming-app-partner-for-add-to-music-app-feature\/","title":{"rendered":"TikTok names SoundCloud as latest streaming platform partner for \u2018Add to Music App\u2019 feature"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SoundCloud has become the latest streaming app to integrate with \u2018Add to Music App,\u2019 the TikTok feature that allows users to save music they hear on TikTok directly to their streaming app of choice.<\/p>\n<p>SoundCloud users will be able to save a track they discover on TikTok directly to their Liked Tracks playlist on SoundCloud.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">      <div class=\"mb-advert__incontent\">      <div class=\"mb-advert mb-advert__tweeny hidden-xs hidden-ms hidden-sm\" data-loaded=\"no\" data-sizes=\"992 1200 1440\" data-name=\"628x90 Sponsor banner #5 (992+1200+1440)\" data-params=\"dfp_sponsor5_628\" id=\"dfp_sponsor5_628\"><\/div>      <div class=\"mb-advert mb-advert__banner mb-advert__banner--inline hidden-xs hidden-sm hidden-md hidden-lg\" data-loaded=\"no\" data-sizes=\"480\" data-name=\"468x60 Sponsor banner #5 (480)\" data-params=\"dfp_sponsor5_468\" id=\"dfp_sponsor5_468\"><\/div>      <div class=\"mb-advert mb-advert__mobile mb-advert__mobile--inline hidden-ms hidden-md hidden-lg\" data-loaded=\"no\" data-sizes=\"320 768\" data-name=\"300x50 Sponsor banner #5 (320+768)\" data-params=\"dfp_sponsor5_300\" id=\"dfp_sponsor5_300\"><\/div>      <\/div>      <\/span><\/p>\n<p>To use the feature, TikTok fans who have a streaming app account can hit the \u201cadd song\u201d button next to the track name at the bottom of a TikTok video in the For You Feed.<\/p>\n<p>Since TikTok <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/tiktok-strikes-partnership-with-spotify-and-amazon-music-to-link-app-directly-to-music-streaming-services\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">began rolling out the feature<\/a> in late 2023, Add to Music App has generated a billion track saves \u201cand billions more streams,\u201d <strong>ByteDance<\/strong>-owned TikTok said in a statement on Wednesday (May 21).<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">      <div class=\"mb-advert__incontent\">      <div class=\"mb-advert mb-advert__spu\" data-loaded=\"no\" data-name=\"300x250 Sponsor MPU #1\" data-params=\"dfp_spu1\" id=\"dfp_spu1\"><\/div>      <\/div>      <\/span><\/p>\n<p>The short-video platform known for its role in music discovery first rolled out the feature with <strong>Amazon Music<\/strong>, <strong>Apple Music<\/strong> and <strong>Spotify<\/strong> integration in the US and UK, before expanding it to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/tiktoks-add-to-music-app-feature-is-rolling-out-in-another-163-countries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">most countries<\/a> where TikTok is available.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, streaming services <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/deezer-becomes-latest-streaming-service-to-integrate-tiktoks-add-to-music-app-feature\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Deezer<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/tiktok-partners-with-south-korean-streaming-service-melon-to-expand-add-to-music-app-feature\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Melon<\/strong><\/a>, and <strong>TIDAL<\/strong> have integrated with the service as well.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">      <div class=\"mb-advert__incontent\">      <div class=\"mb-advert mb-advert__spu\" data-loaded=\"no\" data-name=\"300x250 Sponsor MPU #2\" data-params=\"dfp_spu2\" id=\"dfp_spu2\"><\/div>      <\/div>      <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;SoundCloud has always been the go-to platform for discovering what\u2019s next in music, from emerging artists to breakout genres. Partnering with TikTok makes it easier than ever for fans to save the songs they love and stay connected with the artists behind them,\u201d said <strong>Emmy Lovell<\/strong>, SoundCloud\u2019s Global Head of Music.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis integration helps turn casual listeners into lifelong superfans while strengthening our commitment to fueling the next generation of music culture.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThis integration helps turn casual listeners into lifelong superfans while strengthening our commitment to fueling the next generation of music culture.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Emmy Lovell, SoundCloud<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Tens of millions of TikTok users take advantage of the Add to Music App feature to save the music they discover on TikTok to their favorite streaming platform,\u201d added <strong>Lindsey Kelt Zikry<\/strong>, TikTok&#8217;s Global Product Partnerships Lead.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are thrilled to be partnering with SoundCloud &#8211; the leading platform helping artists to bring their music from concept to audience &#8211; to support emerging and aspiring artists in reaching new fans and superfans on TikTok.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Tens of millions of TikTok users take advantage of the Add to Music App feature to save the music they discover on TikTok to their favorite streaming platform.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Lindsey Kelt Zikry<\/strong>, TikTok<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The launch of SoundCloud\u2019s integration with the TikTok feature coincides with the streaming service\u2019s launch of <strong>Move Your Music<\/strong>, a new feature that allows users to transfer their music libraries from other streaming platforms, including Amazon Music, Apple Music, Deezer, Spotify, TIDAL and <strong>YouTube Music<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The feature will transfer over liked songs and playlists from any of the streaming apps listed above, provided that the app is installed on the user&#8217;s mobile device.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SoundCloud is also rolling out &#8216;Move Your Music,&#8217; which allows users to transfer their music libraries from other streaming services<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":88335,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[131854,2356,133139,457,5874],"class_list":["post-232226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-add-to-music-app","tag-emmy-lovell","tag-lindsey-kelt-zikry","tag-soundcloud","tag-tiktok"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232226\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}